Laparoscopic adrenalectomy for functioning and non-functioning adrenal tumours.

Background: The purpose of this study was a retrospective analysis of outcomes following laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA) performed for benign adrenal tumours responsible for various endocrinological disorders. The patients were diagnosed with non-functioning (NFT) and functioning adrenal tumours (FT) including pheochromocytoma (PH), Conn's syndrome (CO) and Cushing's (CS) syndrome.

Material And Methods: A total of 165 LAs were carried out between August 1995 and September 2009 via either the transperitoneal (n = 38) or retroperitoneal (n = 127) approach.

From open to laparoscopic adrenalectomy: thirty years' experience of one medical centre.

Introduction: Laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA) has become the standardized treatment of benign adrenal lesions over the last two decades, making the indications to open adrenalectomy (OA) limited. The purpose of this study was to show the thirty years of experience in open (OA) and laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA) gained in one medical centre as well as to compare the results of OA and LA performed for benign adrenal lesions.

Material And Methods: Three hundred patients underwent 127 open and 173 laparoscopic adrenalectomies between 1979 and 2009 at M.